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droit penal, (tow) penal law;
politique, v. constitutionnel;
prive, (law) private law, the municipal law;
public, (law) public law (i. e., international,
political, penal, etc.);
de requisition, (mil.) right of requisition;
de saisie, (nav. int. law) right of seizure, of
capture.
droitier, a. m., right handed; right-handed man.
dualitc, f., duality;
d'origine, (Fr. a.) duality of origin (of officers,
some coming from the great schools, the
remainder from the ranks).
eau,f., water;
de boisson, drinking water;
croupie. stagnant water;
laver & grande , (diem.) to wash in an excess of
water;
menageres, slops, waste water;
x me.tropolitaines, home waters;
point d' , any point for the supply of water;
water hole;
de refroidissement,(mach.) cooling water;
rctenir de I'
, (pont, etc.) to hold water (row-
de son, bran water.
ebouillanter, v. t., to scald, scald out (a vessel,
dish, etc.).
Ccart, m., (com.) margin (as, between receipts and
expenses);
probable pratique, (art.) the probable error of
the field of battle (1.5 times that of the proving
ground), field probable error.
Ccartement, m., spacing, separation;
des plans, (aero.) gap.
C-carteur, m., separator.
Cchancrure, f., (art.) cut, recess, in a breech plug;
de visee, (mach. gun) aiming aperture (shield).
(jchappement, m., (steam, etc.) exhaust, escape,
exhaust stroke;
libre, silencer by-pass, relief valve; exhaust
into the air (motors) ;
regulateur d' , (mach. gun) pressure regulator,
gas vent ring.
Cchaudoir, m., slaughterhouse.
6chelle,f., ladder;
defranchissement, (mil.)
trench ladder;
de relevage, (trench, art.) lighting gear.
Echelon, m., (mil.) echelon, (used alone, frequently
means) ammunition column, supply, unit;
de batterie, (art.) battery echelon (ammunition
supply);
de combat, v. s. v. batterie de combat;
de compagnie, (mil.) ammunition detachment;
de station-magasin, ( Fr. a.) ammunition supply
kept in one of the S. M. assigned to a given
army;
volant, (mil., aero.) the flying section proper
otanescadrille.
Cchelonnement, m., (mil. and in gen.) echeloning;
des apvrovisionnements (mil.) supply depots
on the line of communications;
de convergence, (art.) convergence difference;
de repartition, (art.) distribution difference;
total, (art.) deflection difference.
gclairage, m., illumination; (mil.) enlightenment
(rare).
eclairement, m., intensity of illumination.
gclaireur, m., (mil., etc.) scout; boy scout; (more
particularly to-day) man whoexploresacleaned-
out trench, (Fr.a.) synonym of aide-grenadier ,
q. v.; (aero.) a dirigible of from 6 000 to
? 7,000
cubic meters; (auto.) automobile light;
d'artillerie, v. officer orienteur;
monte, (mil.) mounted scout.
ficlat, m., splinter;
en retour, (art.) splinter or fragment that flies
back, throv.--back.
duite, f., (cord.) warp; rope yarn.
duplicate ur, m., duplicator (sort of copying machine).
duplice, f., double alliance (France and Russia).
duralumin, f., (met.) an alloy of aluminum, nonoxidizable.
durit, m., india-rubber pipe.
dynamite, f., (expl.) dynamite;
ft base incrte, inert base dynamite;
gelee, frozen dynamite.
dynamode, m., (expl) unit of potential (work divided
by 1,000).
eclatement, m., bursting (of a tire); (elec.) sparking;
premature, (art.) premature burst;
en surface, (art.) surface burst (on surface of
the ground).
ficlater, v. n., to burst;
en surface (art.) to burst on the surface (i. e.,
of the ground).
fcclateur, m., (elec.) gap, spark-gap;
& boules, ball spark-gap;
fixe, (quenched) spark-gap;
b, lame de mica, earth arrester;
multiple, multiple spark-gap;
tournant, rotary spark-gap.
6clop, a., (mil.) footsore.
gclosion, f., hatching out.
Ccole, f., school;
de dressage, (man.)'m France, school or establishment
furnishing horsemen opportunities to
train their horses;
de guerre, v. superieure de guerre;
nationale des haras, ( Fr. adm. t hipp.) school
for the development of hippology and the training
of the personnel of the government studs;
de palefrenters, ( Fr. adm.) school for grooms
(forms part of the ecole des haras) ;
Ccole, des signaleurs d'armte, (Fr. a.) signal school
(for the training of instructors);
de signalisation et de liaison d'infanterie avec
avion et ballon, ( Fr. a.) corps signal school (instruction
of officers and signal men);
de tir, (art.) target practice, target season.
economat, m., stewardship, treasurer ship;
commis d' , treasurer's clerk.
(Sconome, m., steward, treasurer.
e'coulement, m., outlet, (as of a lake).
ficoute, f., (mil. min.) listening, listening service;
(wireless) receiving station;
came d' , (mil.) (so-called) "listening box" of
a listening post, (contains the receiving trumpets,
and angle measuring device);
chef d' , n. c. o. in charge of a listening squad;
lunette d' , sound direction detector;
telephonique, telephonic listening post.
Ccouteur, m., (mil. min.) listener; listening device
or apparatus, mine stethoscope.
Ccoutoir, m., (mil, min.) listening device, mine
stethoscope; ear piece of a geophonc;
double & ressort, double listener (two ear
pieces).
fecouvillon-curette, m., (art.) sponge and scraper.
Scran, m., (mach.) baffle plate;
dtti nlesses, (art.) velocity disk (155 C. S.).
Scran-silhouette, m., (mil.) silhouette screen.
Scriteau, m., signboard.
ficrasement, m., collapsing (of a pneumatic tire at
point of contact).
ecretement, m., (art.) (of fire) grazing, (top of a
parapet or cover, etc.);
indicateur, (siege) trench sign, signboard.
gcrou, m., nut;
amortisseur, buffer nut;
d'arret, locking nut;
d'attelage, (art.) locking nut;